Method of oknamentatioh



Patented lling, 7, i923,

'rn lerares Para THEOPHIL PFSTER, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSGNOR TO TAPESTRELLE CORPORATION, OIE' NEW' YORK, N. Y., A COBPORATON OF NEVT YORK.

METHOD OF ORNAMENTATION.

Application filed April 11, 1922.

To all whom t may concern:

y citizen of thellnited States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of ,N ew York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Methods of Ornamentation, of which the following is a specification. E.

The invention has for an object to effect improvements in methods of ornamentation of objects, such as shades,-panels, screens,'

plated, and to even obviate the necessity for preparing a special design to ht the shape of a given article.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention may be understood from the disclosures hereinafter, including a description, in connection with drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a view of a piece of goods having a design blocked out thereon to lit a given article,

Fig. 2 is a view of an article having a design of a different size and shape taken from the same piece of goods,

Fig. Sis a similar view of a still further article, having an appropriate design of a different size and shape from the other mentioned and taken from the same piece .of goods.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of an ornamental panel constructed in accordance with my invention, the thickness of the parts being greatly exaggerated.

My invention aims to enable the production of ornamental lamp shades with translucent designs which also show as surface ornamentations by reflected light. lt has seriai No. 551,476.

been a practice heretofore, to use designs printed in colors or otherwise, upon a suit able medium which may be translucent, or may be made translucent readily, the me dium being either of suflicient body itself, or

having a backing of a suitable body to enable its proper use in the way contemplated. Ordinarily, special pieces of patterns having ticle to be made are provided. y

`By my method, however, l print, or secure a fabric printed with, a multifarious design utilizing practically the full surface area of the fabric, which may be either paper, or woven goods, the design being of a character to permit various parts to be blocked out so as to form a large pattern, or a small pattern, or the parts retained in such location as to fit the design to various outlines, as, square, triangular, frusto-conical, circular, et cetera. y ,f

ln one method of the practice of my indesigns fitted to the shape of the finished arvention, l procure a fabric such as cretonne, l

glass, as indicated at l1 in Fig. 4i, Ordinar ily, the material having the design thereon being adjusted upon the support to lie within the pattern of the support, or boundary of `the finished article, as will become more clearly apparent hereinafter. These materials may becemented together by means of varnish, or otherwise, as found desirable. When the multifarious design is thus secured, it will be found that there are ele ments within the proposed boundaries of the finished article which are notproperly inclusive, under the rules of composition, with the design which it is proposed to `retain as the salient ornamentation of the article. Therefore, l take an opaque pigment and paint upon the surface of the fabric following close against the outlines of the proposed unitary 'design which is to be retained,

after the manner indicated bythe diagonal hatching of Figures ,1, 2, and 3. i lf the` design is for a large lamp shade, for instance, a large number of elements of the complete lprinted fabric may be retained as those of pigment is covered with a ceinentitious material or adhesive 1.6, which'inay be a suitablevarnish if desired, and upon this there is sprinkled fine globular glass or blank beads 17, ivhich impart to the finished arti- 'cle' a vvelvety appearing surface and rich texture. The surplus being shaken off, the ladhering portions may be rolled to give'a 4*goed fiat surface to the finished article, if

desired.

By thus using in one portion of a design,

parts which are blocked out in another part,

aconsiderable variety may be secured upon one article, especially when a screen-like ef-v "fect is requiredqvith the use of a single patn tern design.

In a, like manner, the same design Vmay ber utilized to provide various ornamented partsivith different designs, of.

the saine motif, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3,

" and these would harmonize properly with `a design such as that shown in Fig. l, so that a complete set, including such articles as lamp shades, candle shades. et cetera, may be formed in the same motif with various designs, from a single pattern. lt will be noted that on the pattern at l0, there is shown "a bird yin a different position from that shoivn in full lines in Figure l, the de tail at being blocked` out Where it pre trudes upon the design, While at lf3` a 'bird l,in a `further different position is shown,

blocked out, and at the location l5 the Hfoliage is blocked out, any or all of which might be used in other panels formed from the same kind of pattern, or the same pat- "tern, this design being suitably extended,

as will be understood. The articleshoivn in'Fig. Q has a design formed from a part of the full design utilized in Fig. ll.' and taken from the lower left hand corner of ,Figp l. The dotted line 1S of Fig. l represents Ythe manner in ivhich'the design of "Fig 3 is'elfected The opaque pigment utilized for the blocking out is preferably one Which would 'have a value' in reflecting light, as, a blue,

a green, or other color which Willi harmonize with the design outlined by the opaque material. However, in some articles and some vrdesigns, it may be found preferable to use may be 'area of the pattern a White or black pigment, as the opaque element.

In case the printed pattern utilized is not suiiiciently strong in color, this may be strengthened by colored paints which are not opaque, but of sufficient density to give the necessary tone value to the design when illuminated by transmitted light.

In making the device, the foundation is cut out to the ldesired shape for the finished article, and the pattern goods adjusted thereon, before the blocking out is done, or, the pattern goods may be cemented upon the foundation material and the blocking out done on a large scale, after Which the necessary parts 'may be cutout and fitted inthe articles in which ornamental illuminated panels areV desired. By utilizing the lglass covering, the panel will also have an ornamental value under light reflected therefrom. The mounting of the panels accomplished in lany manner familiar in the mounting of panels1 formed byv other methods ivith a Vsimilar' use.

What is claimed l. A pattern tfor forming ornamental lpanels of various designs consisting of a sheet having depicted thereon representa being of a character tof'be repeated, whereby parts blocked out-at onepoint may be retained at another part, `whereby the saine material may be utilized to produce differentdesignsof like ldimensions. y

2. The methodof forming ornamental designs of various sizes and'shapes v'consisting in utilizing a pattern inaterial having Aa inultifarious configuration thereon in a relationv to permit blocking out ofparts alternatively, adjusting'a suitablek part of the pattern to the outline ofthe object contemplated, and blocking out the parts :Without suoli outline and those parts intruding which are not unitary with the yselected part and the outline.

3. The method of forming a set of ornamented objects: of various kinds in a 'given motif consisting in utilizing a pattern'imaterial having a multifa'rious configuration thereon in a given motifV and in a relation toA permit blocking out' of parts alternatively to form from different parts 'separate unitary designs, adjusting appropriate parts of the pattern to the outlines of the articles to be ornamented according to their size and shape, blocking out the parts intruding Within the outlines which are not unitary With the design selected and With the outline With Which they are associated.

4l. The method of forming an ornamental panel piece to be viewedby light transllO Initted therethrough consisting in utilizing a abrio having a multifarious pattern, seleoting a part appropriate to the size and shape of the panel, forming a base ot' the required shape, oementing the fabric thereon with the selected pattern in proper relation to the outline of the panel, blocking and applying a finishing surface to the l0 panel piece.

In testimony whereof I have aHlXed my signature.

THEOPHIL PFISTER. 

